Loading-pack for revolvers.



no. 684,752. 'R'aiented Oct. |s, I901.- .1. n. GARFIELD &.'H. w. LABSSDN.

LOADING-PACK FOR REVOLVERS.

A limiun filed May 27, 1901 (in modem UNITE STATES.

PATE T Fries.

JULIUS D. GARFIELD AND HENRY LARSSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSA- CHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO SMITH dz; WESSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

LOADING-PACK FOR REVOLVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 684,752, dated October 1 5, 1901. Application filed-May 27, 1901. Serial No. 62,092. (No model-l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JULIUS D; GARFIELD and HENRY W. LARSSON, citizens of the United States of America,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Loading-Packs for Revolving Firearms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of loading-packs for revolving firearms.

The object of this invention is to provide a loading-pack for this class of arms adapted I5 to hold a group of cartridges by their rims in an annular plate adapted to fit in the space between the end of the cylinder and recoilplate, whereby the heads of the cartridges may bear, as usual, on said plate, and to provide 'a locking device for holding the cartridges in said plate in axial alinement with the chambers of the cylinder, said plate and the cartridge -shells being ejected as one piece by the usual ejecting means; and the 2 5 invention consists in the construction .de-

scribed. in the following specification and clearly defined in the claims.

, We are aware that various loading-packs for revolving firearms have been constructed 3o heretofore; but they have proved objectionable, first, because they could not be readily manipulated by one hand for loading when the other hand-is grasping the arm-as, for

instance, in the cavalry service, where the 5 arm must be held in the left hand, which at the same time must hold the reins and the loading be eifected by one movement of the right hand grasping the pack-01, second, be-

cause in the act of loading some parts of the 4o pack were liable to catch in the arm and prevent the swinging of the parts into operative position after loading.

In the drawings forming part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the method of loading an arm with aloading-pack constructed according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a part of a revolving firearm, showing the position occupied by the cartridge-carrying plate when the arm is loaded. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the pack on line 3 3, Fig. 4.. Fig. tis

arear elevation of the pack, showing the cartridges therein. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cartridge-carrying plate, partly broken away. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a part ofthe plate shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7isa perspective view of a cartridge-carrying plate adapted to aheadless cartridge. Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of part of the plate shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 isa perspective view of a modified construction. Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional view ofpart of the same, and Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the device forlocking the cartridges in the plate.

In carrying our invention into practice a thin plate ais provided, preferably made, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 7, with the central portion thereof cut away and having a series of substantially semicircular recesses 11 formed therein and opening toward the center of the plate, these recesses being adapted to receive the head of a cartridge-shell c, the number of said recesses corresponding to the number of chambers of the arm in which the pack is to be used. The plate a is of the same thickness as therim of the cartridge-shell, to the end that when the cartridges are placed in the plate the surface of the head will lie in the same plane as the'sideof the plate, whereby when a pack is introduced into the cylinder of a revolving firearm the plate a may fit into the space between the rear end of the cylinder (1 and the recoil-plate e, as shown in Fig. 2. The recesses b in the plate a (when the latter is adapted for use with the ordinary centerfire cartridge) are formed with a groove f, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, whose depth corresponds substantially to the overhang of the rim of the head. (See the cross-section of the plate in Fig. 6.) introduced into the recesses b. of the plate a, it is necessary to provide meansfor holding them therein, whereby their axes may be held in substantial parallelism, to the end that when the pack is presented to the end of the cylinder the ball ends of the cartridges will lie in a position to readily enter the chambers ofthe cylinder. 'lhislockingdevicc,further; more, must be of such a character as will hold the cartridges securely' in the plate under all The cartridges having been loo conditions of service and transportation to' which they may be subjected. Furthermore, i

curved, as shown insaid Fig. 11, to fit the shell of the cartridge against which they will bear when in operative position, and the outer surface of the extremities of the arms having .formed therein a groove '5, adapted to engage the rim of the cartridge, as shown in Fig. 3. The arms h are so formed that when the locking device is in the position shown in Fig. 3

they will bear with considerable force against p the cartridges outwardly, thus securely holdrecesses b.

bf the plate,

ing the latter in their proper positions in the Secured centrally to the plate g there is a posty, having a flanged head It thereon in the shape of a disk whoseperiphery lies in close proximity to the arms h, there being sufficient space between saidarms and the periphery of the head to permit the former to spring over the rims of the cartridges. The purpose of this head 7c is to prevent a cartridge from becoming disengaged from its recess in the plate a in handling the pack. ever, is not an essential feature of the invention, for the spring-arms 77. may be made of sufiicient stiffness to properly hold the cartridges in their places. It will be observed that this construction of while it holds the cartridges in their recesses in the platea, will be by the act of loading, as shown in Fig. 1 pushed out of the center of the pack by the contact of the central portion of the cylinder with the plate g. As this contact cannot take place untilafter the ends .of the cartridges have entered the chambers of the cylinder, the relation of said shells to theplate a will remain undisturbed by the ejection of the locking device, the shells and plate a after firing being ejected as one piece in the usual manner.

In Figs. 7 and 8 there is shown a construction of the plate a, which will permitthe use of the device with headless cartridges which are provided in lieu of a head with a V-shaped groove l, lo'ca ted close to the rear end thereof. In this construction the recesses 11 instead of being provided with a groove fare provided with a V-shaped rib m, siibstantially midway between the two sides and to retain cartridges of this construction in their places in said recesses the arms hinstead of having the groovesz' would in place of the latter be provided with projecting ribslying in the same plane as said grooves and being V-shapcd in cross-section.

This head 7;, how-.

the locking device,

whose apex is located- In Figs. 9 and 10 is shown a modification which it is thought comes legitimately within the scope of this invention, and it consists in doing away with the removable locking device above described, and instead of the recesses b the plate is provided with circular apertures n, adapted to receive the head of a cartridge, the center part of the plate'having an aperture 0 therein for the reception of the circular ratchet on the end of the cylinder, whereby it-is rotated. In this construction the locking of the cartridges to the plate a is effected by placing the entire pack in a suitable die and bringing down upon it a punch having able depressions p in the plate, whereby the metal of which the latter'is constructed will be pressed over the rim of the cartridge at a number of points and lock the latter and the plate permanently and securely together.

Any'other method of securing the heads of the shells in the apertures in the plate may, however, be employed instead of the above described method.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secn re by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1.. A loading-pack for revolving firearms consisting of a single plate having a thickness substantially equal to the rim of the cartridge, recesses in said plate for receivin g the rims of the cartridge-heads, means for securing cartridges in said recesses whereby when the pack is in the arm the cartridges will bear on the recoil-plate of the latter, substantially as described 2. A loading-pack for revolving firearms consisting of a single plate having a thickness substantially equal to the rim of the cartridge, peripherally-grooved recesses in said plate for receiving the rims of the cartridge heads, means for securin g cartridges in said recesses consisting of a removable member centrally located relative to said recesses, outwardlyspringing arms on said member, for hearing against the rims of the cartridges to hold the latter in said grooves, substantially as described. t

3. A loading-pack for revolving firearms consisting of a single plate having a thickness substantially'equal to the rim of the cartridge, peripherally-grooved recesses insaid plate for receiving the rims of the cartridge-heads, means for securing cartridges in said recesses consisting of a removable member centrally located relative to said recesses, outwardlyspringing arms on said member substantially parallel with the cartridges, grooved ends on said arms for engagement with the rims of the cart-ridges for holding the latter in said grooved recesses, substantially as described.

JULIUS D. GARFIELD. HENRY \V. LARSSON. Witnesses:

WM.-1I. CHAriN, ll. A. Gu'ArIN.

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